How many times have you been bitten by this terror? Well, this little insect packs more than a little bite. The Mosquito can give you deadly diseases such as Malaria, Dengue Fever and West Nile Fever.
About the Mosquito
The mosquito is an insect in the culicidae family. It has a pair of scaled wings, long legs and a slender body. The fact that mosquitoes suck blood from other animals makes them the perfect transmitter for diseases. Only a female mosquito drinks blood, the males prefer nectar. The image below shows a picture of an anopheles mosquito, the mosquito which causes malaria, and labels the parts of the mosquito. Mosquito Life cycle:
The mosquito life cycle comes in 4 parts: eggs, larva, pupa and adult. After each time a mosquito feeds, the mosquito lays 200-300 eggs into a source of stagnant water. The eggs float on water in clusters and in around 24-48 hours, they hatch into larva. Around 7-10 days after the eggs hatch, the larva become pupa, and the pupa, adult mosquitos. Adult mosquitos can live up to 1-2 months and a few days after they get out of the water, they take their first meal.
The mosquitoes which transmit the main diseases
Anopheles: Malaria
Aedes Aegpti: Dengue fever, yellow fever
Culex pipiens: West Nile Fever
Any kind of blood sucking mosquito: Rift Valley fever Culex gelidus: Japanese Enchepholitus
About the Mosquito
The mosquito is an insect in the culicidae family. It has a pair of scaled wings, long legs and a slender body. The fact that mosquitoes suck blood from other animals makes them the perfect transmitter for diseases. Only a female mosquito drinks blood, the males prefer nectar. The image below shows a picture of an anopheles mosquito, the mosquito which causes malaria, and labels the parts of the mosquito.
Mosquito Life cycle:
The mosquito life cycle comes in 4 parts: eggs, larva, pupa and adult. After each time a mosquito feeds, the mosquito lays 200-300 eggs into a source of stagnant water. The eggs float on water in clusters and in around 24-48 hours, they hatch into larva. Around 7-10 days after the eggs hatch, the larva become pupa, and the pupa, adult mosquitos. Adult mosquitos can live up to 1-2 months and a few days after they get out of the water, they take their first meal.
The mosquitoes which transmit the main diseases
Anopheles: Malaria
Aedes Aegpti: Dengue fever, yellow fever
Culex pipiens: West Nile Fever
Any kind of blood sucking mosquito: Rift Valley fever
Culex gelidus: Japanese Enchepholitus
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Page 3: Malaria: Causes, Effects and Prevention
Page 4: Dengue Fever: Causes, Effects and Prevention
Page 5: West Nile Fever: Causes, Effects and Prevention
Page 6: Other Diseases caused by the Mosquito bite
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